last updated: 2003-11-24

Research

I have a diploma degree in Informatik from RWTH Aachen. Since I have always been interested in neuroscience I have chosen biology as my secondary subject.

Research interests

Theory of computation in general, especially with applications to information processing in the brain. Therefore I am also interested in dynamical systems theory and how complex dynamics can be useful in information processing. From my point of view information theory might be a good candidate to attack these questions.

Publications

N. Bertschinger, T. Natschläger, Real-Time Computation at the Edge of Chaos in Recurrent Neural Networks. submitted for publication, 2003. (pdf, 475 KB)

Diploma thesis:

N. Bertschinger, Kurzzeitspeicher ohne stabile Zustände in rückgekoppelten neuronalen Netzen. Diplomarbeit (in german), Informatik VII, RWTH Aachen, 2002. (pdf, 120 pp, 3.9 MB)

Congress presentations:

N. Bertschinger, T. Natschläger, W. Maass, Information dynamics in neural microcircuits. poster presented at the Latsis symposium at the EPFL, 2003. (gzipped ps, 390kB)